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TTLE INDIAN FOLK 



WITH NUMEROUS FULL-PAGE COLOUR-PLATES AFTER PAINTINGS IN WATER-COLOUR 
TOGETHER WITH ILLUSTRATIONS IN BLACK-AND-WHITE, 

By EDWIN WILLARD DEM1NG 

AND WITH NEW STORIES 

By THERESE 0. D F.MING 



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NEW YORK 

Copyright, 1899. by 

FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY 

PUBLISHERS PRINTED IN AMERICA 



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TWO COPIES HECK 



SECOND COPY, 




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IN MISCHIEF. 



for some time, and as the two 



HE HID BEHIND A BAKE OVEN. 



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T HE nau ghty hear had been kept away from his playfellow 
loved one another so much, it made them both feel very sad. 

One day the Indian mother went out to visit, am 
baby bear saw her go. " Now," thought he, " [ 
w ill see my little friend, and, if I am a ven 
little bear, perhaps his mother will let u: 
tog-ether again." 

Baby bear crept along very carefully, and w hen 
he thought the mother was not looking he hid be- 
hind a bake oven and almost had his first accident, 

for XAN-TSI-DAY'S mother had left one of her best 
jars standing there w ith herbs to dry. 

When the mother had got out of sight the baby 
bear marched into the adobe home of his friend, and then the two companions were glad. 

But baby bear and TAN-TSI-DAY saw the jars with all the good things in them, and then 
they forgot to try to be good. 




IN MISCHIEF. 

They ate the dried berries and sweet mots; tipped the j;irs and baskets to see it any 
goodies were in them; and when they had eaten all they wanted, sat just as close to each 
other as possible and went fast asleep. 

After a while the mother came home, and when she saw those two fast asleep, the jars 
broken, and all her good things spilled over the floor, she became very angry and started to 
whip them. 

Baby bear wakened up and ran as fast as his clumsy little legs would let him; but he 
didn't reach the top of his pole before the Indian mother had given him a good sw itching. 




REACH THE TOP OF Ills POLE. 



CANOE BOYS. 



LITTLE CHIPPEWAY Indian boys have lots of good times. In the spring they help 
then- fathers and big brothers to make maple sugar. They watch the birch-bark 
troughs and, when one is full of sap, carry and empty it into a big kettle over a lire 

to boil clown. 

Often the bears find the sap during the night, and, as 
they like sweets very much, drink it all; and the little 
boys are disappointed in the morning, when they go 
around with their birch-bark buckets, to find it all gone. 
Sometimes the bears try to steal the boiling syrup, and 
then they get their paws badly burned for trying to be 
thieves. 

In summer, the boys love to swim and play in the lit- 
tle lakes that are so numerous in the region of their 
home. One afternoon a number of boys got into a 
canoe and paddled, and as many other boys waded out into one of the shallow lakes 
to have some fun. The boys in the water were to try and take the canoe away from 
the boys that were inside. Oh, how hard the two sides worked, one to keep die 




THE BEARS FIND THE SAP- 



CANOE BOYS. 

boat right side up, and the other side to capture it; for if they tipped the canoe and 
spilled all the hoys out they gained the victory, and would get in and see if they 
could hold it. They splashed the water in all directions, and when one boy lell or 
was pulled out of the boat, didn't he get a good ducking! The little dog helped all 
he could by barking very loud and trying to frighten the boys in the water. 
7 hey played until it was so dark they had to stop and go home. 

1 heir houses, canoes, baskets, buckets and various other things, are made out of 
the bark of the birch tree. 

Whenever any of the CHIPPUWAY Indians want to go visiting, they always go in 
canoes when possible, for they are canoe Indians and almost live in their boats. 
They seldom go visiting on horseback as most other tribes do. 




THFY AI WAYS GO IN CANOns. 



MR. AND MRS. ANTELOPE AND THE BABIES. 



have a good d 



QNE bright, sunny day, Mr. and Mrs. Antelope took little Baby Antelope out for a 
run. They knew where to find a lovely feeding-ground, so that their baby could 
inner of nice young grass. 

Mr. and Mrs. Antelope were walking along 
very quietly; but the baby was so pleased to 
get out, that she gamboled far away, and 
frisked about. 

Pretty soon she came running back very 
much frightened and said, "Oh Mamma and 
Papa Antelope, do come with me ! I have 
seen some of the queerest little animals over near that tree, and 1 don't know what 
they are." 

Mr. and Mrs. Antelope became very much worried, because they thought perhaps 
their little one had seen one of those animals that walk on two legs and carry a long 
iron stick that can hit and kill them from afar. As Mr. and Mrs. Antelope are very 




MR. AND MRS. ANTELOPE TOOK LITTLE BABY ANTE- 
LOPE OUT FOR A RUN. 



MR. AND MRS. ANT1-LOPK AND THli BABIES. 

curious [>eople, they wanted to see what their baby meant. Can you guess what they 
saw? Leaning against the tree Were two queer little animals. Mr. and Mrs. Ante- 
lope thought hard and looked very keenly; but the)' had never seen such animals 
before. 

Weren't Mr. and Mrs. Antelope funny? They didn't know that il they stayed 
much longer, a SIOUX Indian mother would come out from the bushes where she 
was picking berries and frighten them away from her little baby and then she would 
have to scold her daughter TOM-BE for falling asleep and not taking better care ol 
her baby brother. 



LEARNING TO SHOOT. 



JNDIAN fathers arc just as proud of their little sons as white fathers are of theirs. 

One day, a CROW Indian chief came in from the mountains, where he had been 
hunting and said to his little son: "Now, my little warrior, you are getting to he a 

big boy, you must grow up to be a big chief of your tribe. 
You must learn to shoot and be brave so that when you grow 
up, you will earn a name, and your people will love you." 

1 he father gave his little son a tiny bow and some arrows, 
and taking him by the hand, called his little dog and went 
out to see what they could find to shoot at. Just outside of 
the tepees, were some bushes where the magpies had gathered 
and were chattering together, enjoying the beautiful sunshine. 
Magpies arc very inquisitive birds, and when they saw die 

GAVE HIS LITTLE SON A TINY BOW. L,,„ f ,. 1 VI 1 • 1 i i ■ r , 

little hunter, come along with his dog and his father, one oi 
the little birds jumped down from the bush and hopped over to see what they were 
going to do. The father thought this was a good chance for his boy, so he got down 
on the ground to instruct him. The little fellow .shot, and do you know he killed 
one of those birds! 




LEARNING TO SHOOT. 

Then the father was just as proud as his little hoy. The little fellow picked up 
the bird, and then off he started for home. II is mother was sitting in the tepee 
making her little son a new pair of moccasins, and when he came in and threw the 
bird over for her to see, she was as much pleased as her boy, lor soon he would be 
able to shoot rabbits and other game for her to cook for his dinner. 




ABLE TO SHOOT RABBITS. 



LITTLE BIRD, THE NAVAJO SHEPHERD BOY. 



I ITTLE BIRD was a little NAVAJO bov, whose papa had given him a dear little pony, 
because he took such good care of the sheep. 
When LITTLE BIRD went out with his papa's flock of sheep, he: always took 
some goats along to help keep the flock together anil drive off wolves or bears. LIT- 
TLE BIRD, on his pony's back, would watch, and the goats would climb on the 
rocks where they could see a long distance. One day, while they were watching, 
LITTLE BIRD fell asleep, on his pony's 
back. Me didn't think there were any wolves 
or bears about; but soon he was dreaming 
that he heard the sheep making a great noise, 
and when he awoke, he saw that they were 
very much frightened and that the goats were 
the canon. 




marching toward 



What do you think h 



e saw: 



? A "Teat, black 




bear holding a dear little lamb in his arms, 



LITTLE BIRD. THE NAVAJO SHEPHERD BOY. 

to carry it off. One of the goats watched, and then started after him with a rush! 
Mr. Bear couldn't fight very well with the lamb in his arms, and he didn't want to 
drop his dinner, so he turned to run; hut Mr. Coat had made up his mind that Mr. 
Bear wouldn't have lamb for his dinner, so he lowered his head, made a rush and 
butted that bear so hard that it made him drop the lamb and made him turn a 
complete somersault. 

Then the old bear ran off as fast as he could, trying to dodge the butting, Mr. 
Goat was giving him. 




MADE HIM TURN A COMPLETE SOMERSAULT. 



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BRIGHT-EYES AND HIS PUMA KITTENS. 



JNDIAN BOYS have very queer pets ; they capture bear cubs, puma or mountain lion 
kittens, and various other young animals of the forest and lame them. The boys 
like to play with these strange pets, as much as little white boys love to play with 

puppies or kittens. 

Some Indian boys, just like the white boys, enjoy 
teasing their pets, which is very wrong as it makes 
the animals very angry, and often the boys are pun- 
ished beyond their expectation lor their naughtiness, 
BRIGHT-EYES was a little PAWNEE boy, who had 
two pretty little puma kittens, ol which he was very 
proud, and when he did not tease or make diem an- 

SOME INDIAN BOYS ENJOY TEASING THEIR PETS. gJy WQu y fa h | m ( (m( ]\ c am] ( - aR . ss fa tm j ugt 

as you would a kitten. 

One day BRIGHT-EYES was sitting" on a blanket under a tree playing with his kit- 
tens, when two of his friends came along. He asked them to stop and they did, be- 
cause BRIGHT-EYES seemed to be having such a good time with his pets. 




BRIGHT-EYES AND HIS PUMA KITTENS 

The other boys did not play as gently as BRIGHT-EYES had done, and began teas- 
ing the kittens. They became very angry and wild. The)' scratched at the boys and 
tried to bite them, and it BRIGHT-EYES had been alone he would have tared very 
badly because he could not have beaten his wild pets oil, but the other boys were older 
and they succeeded in quieting them enough to lead them away and tie them up, 

The kittens never trusted BRIGHT-EYES again as they did before, and the little fel- 
low felt very sad. His father did not trust him with his pets either, and alter that 
always kept the kittens tied even though BRIGHT-EYES promised not to make them 
angry an)* more. 



PLAYING AT MOVING HOUSE. 



ONCE there were two little piegan Indian girls and they had been playing in a lit- 
tle play tepee for a long time. They had their baby brothers with them, and 
the babies had been playing out in the warm sunshine with their dogs, while the lit- 
tle girls played with their Indian dollies. 

The little brothers were good for a long time, 
and then they became tired of playing in one 
place, just as little white children get tired, so the 
sisters thought they would play at moving house. 

1 hey fastened two long poles to the sides of 
the dog and made a travois, then the)- put a bas- 
ket bet ween the poles and laid their dollies in 
this play carriage. Then the little girls started to 
take down their tepee. 

All of a sudden the most awful accident hap- 
pened! The puppy caught one of the dollies in his mouth and ran off as hard as he 
could run. The poor little mamma was almost frantic. She ran after the naughty 
puppy and caught him just as he was about to chew that poor dolly up! 




RAN OFF AS HARD AS HE COULD RUN. 



PLAYING AT MOVING HOUSE. 

After the poor dolly had been petted and loved, it was put back into tlie travois, 
and alter all the packing had been finished the little girls took their baby brothers on 
their backs and started to move. 

Just as they were passing their homes their mothers came to the dour .and called 
them in to their dinner. They didn't say "In a minute," as little white children very 
often do, but went right away. 




TOOK THEIR I1ARY RROTHERS ON 
THEIR BACKS. 



TAKING CARE OF THE PONIES. 



QUT in the real wild West, where the PONCA Indians live when they are at home, 
there are bears, mountain lions, wolves, foxes, and many other wild animals, 
always roaming about in quest of food. 

Every evening, when it begins to get dark, the 
little boys have to go out and gather together all the 
horses, drive them to the village, and picket them 
for the night where the men can watch and keep 
them safe, not only from wild animals, but from 
Indians belonging to hostile tribes, out on horse- 
stealing expeditions. 

After the horses are safely picketed around 
camp, the small boys can play and have a good 
time; but they have to go to bed earl} - because 
they have to be up very early m the morning, 
When the boys are all through with their breakfasts they drive the horses first to 
water for a drink, and then over to the canons where some of them are hobbled 
and allowed to feed all day. When the boys hobble their horses they tie their front 
legs together down near the hoofs, so that the horses can only take short steps, and 
cannot run or wander off very far. 




TAKING CARE OF THE PONIES. 

While the little boys are out herding they keep their bright little eyes wide open 
to see everything. Sometimes they shoot at the little prairie dogs with their bows and 
arrows; but the prairie dogs have very bright eyes, too, and down they go into their 
little holes before the arrows can hurt them. 

1 he wise little owls live with the prairie dogs and they come out and sit near tin- 
holes watching for mice. The little boys shoot birds, rabbits, and various other small 
animals while they are out tending the horses. 

Sometimes when Indian mothers are very busy or want to visit, they hobble their 
little ones by tying their feet together, so that they can take short steps only. 1 hen 
the babies can play out-of-doors, and the mothers are sure they cannot get very far 
away from home. 




rill- WISE little < IWI s. 



HOW THE PUEBLO BOYS WERE FRIGHTENED. 



IITTLE Indian children, like their white brothers, have to be in bed earl}' or then- 
mothers tell them that the Indian bugaboo, which is a water spirit, will come after 
them. 

Sometimes the PUEBLO children, just like their white 
brothers, too, think their mothers are only trying to frighten 
them, when she reminds them of the time and tells them 
stories of how children are taken away, if they stay up late. 

One day some little boys were talking the bugaboo stones 
over, and they decided to try and see if their mothers were 
telling them true stories; so, after they had been sent to bed, 
they were very quiet for awhile, but when their mothers 
weren't watching, they slipped out. 

It was a lovely night and they thought they would go 
behind the houses and play awhile. The boys were run- 
ning along, thinking of how they never again would be 
afraid of the water spirit, when, they all stopped short, 
so frightened, they could scarcely move. What do you 




IT WAS A LOVELY NIGHT. 

For a moment the)' were 
think they saw? There, 



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HOW THE PUEBLO BOYS WERE FRIGHTENED. 

coming out of a doorway, straight ahead of them, was one of those terrible water spirits 
their mothers had been telling them about. It was coming right alter them, shaking a 
rattle. I tell you those boys ran! 

Several very much frightened boys reached their homes, and, alter that, they were 
very glad to go to bed when it was time, for they never again wanted to be chased 
by another water spirit. 

But I will tell you a secret. There are no water spirits ; and these small Indian boys 
were surprised by a PUEBLO man who had seen them steal away from their homes 
and had decided to frighten them. So he dressed up I" look like the Indians' pict- 
ures of a terrible water spirit from the Rio Grande river, and ran alter the boys. 




ONE OF THOSE TERRIBLE WATER SPIRITS. 



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